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AskMe: How to become an eccentric (or just look like one)
Merlin Mann | Jul 13 2006
Suggest eccentricities for me to adopt | Ask MetaFilter From a fun AskMe thread:
This reminds me of that stage where teenage girls randomly start to affect a terrible british accent, or when college freshmen suddenly stop wearing shoes and take up raw foods and the shakuhachi. Of course, this is not to say that I haven't had ideas of my own. ’Fess up: what was your goofiest affectation and what made you stop it? Clarification (2006-07-15 10:20:20): The "In my quest..." portion above is a quotation from the link that is referenced; it's not actually me asking for help to (God forbid) become more eccentric. This confused some people, and, well, I regret your confusion if you have any and hope this clarification helps. -- The Management 98 Comments
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 Around high school and shortly...Submitted by Kenn Christ (not verified) on July 13, 2006 - 6:21pm.
Around high school and shortly after I used to make my own tie-died socks. I'd buy your basic white athletic tube socks and tie die them in a variety of loud colors. What made this unusual is that, other than that, my wardrobe was entirely black at the time (err, and mostly still is). So I'd sit down and one pant leg might pull up a bit over the top of my boots to reveal a flash of bright red or purple tie-die. It went over well and it became something of my trademark among the people I was around at the time. Eventually I got better. » POSTED IN:
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